The Physical City Salon: Making Fair Park Work

In order to keep the momentum going throughout the year, the Dallas Festival Salon is programmed bi-monthly to discuss ideas that are vital to the future of our city. Please join us. We want to see you and hear your voice!

The next Dallas Festival Salon is January 26th, 2016, 6:30 to 8:00 pm, at the Hall of State in Fair Park, the home of the 2016 Dallas Festival of Ideas! Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Online registration has closed. Walk-ins will be welcomed tomorrow evening at the Hall of State. All walk-ins will be placed in a rush line and given access once all registered guests are seated.

The Physical City Salon: MAKING FAIR PARK WORK

How can Dallas transform Fair Park, a magnificent but underperforming amenity, into a year-round destination and economic engine for its South Dallas environs? The city is now faced with several options for its redevelopment, and must choose the best path forward. In conjunction with the Dallas Architecture Forum, this program, moderated by Mark Lamster, The Dallas Morning News’ architecture critic will bring together thought leaders, decision makers, and community members to address this critical issue for the city.

Mark Lamster is the award winning architecture critic of The Dallas Morning News and a professor in The David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture of UTA College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs. He is the author of numerous books, and is currently at work on a biography of the late architect Philip Johnson.

There is free parking either directly in front of the Hall of State or in the parking lot adjacent to the Hall of State. Click here for map.

Online registration has closed. Walk-ins will be welcomed tomorrow evening at the Hall of State. All walk-ins will be placed in a rush line and given access once all registered guests are seated.

Panelists for the Physical City Salon include:

Just announced!

Alan Walne – Board Chair Emeritus for the State Fair of Texas will be joining the panelists below at the Salon.